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Microsoft cracks top 20 list of Linux contributors, not entirely by choice

By Jeff Blagdon on April 4, 2012 03:05 am + 50 comments

In its newest annual report, the Linux Foundation has announced that, for the first time, Microsoft Continue reading…
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Raspberry Pi UK distribution delayed by the need for 'CE mark' testing and compliance

By Nathan Ingraham on March 29, 2012 11:45 am + 13 comments

A few weeks after opening pre-orders and beginning production of the tiny Raspberry Pi Linux Continue reading…
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Red Hat becomes first open-source software company with over $1 billion in revenue

By Andrew Webster on March 28, 2012 04:56 pm + 14 comments

Open-source software company Red Hat has released its fiscal earnings for 2012, which total $1.3 Continue reading…
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Nokia has two budget MeeGo phones in the works for emerging markets

By Dante D'Orazio on March 28, 2012 12:10 pm + 35 comments

Nokia N9 and MeeGo lovers, rejoice, the OS might not be as dead as you think. Netbooknews reports Continue reading…
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Linux creator turned down Apple job offer from Steve Jobs

By Adi Robertson on March 22, 2012 12:44 pm + 95 comments

In an interview with Wired, Linus Torvalds said that around 2000, Steve Jobs offered him a place at Continue reading…
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Killed email device Peek resurrected with open source app framework

By Chris Ziegler on March 20, 2012 11:16 am + 9 comments

Amol Sarva, the man behind Peek, recently made waves by giving away his remaining stock of Continue reading…
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Good Deal: name your price for five games from the Humble Bundle

By David Pierce on March 19, 2012 07:02 pm + 9 comments

The Humble Bundle is back, this time with five new cross-platform games at the price of... well, Continue reading…
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Anonymous OS is fake, 'wrapped in trojans' says AnonOps Twitter account

By Jamie Keene on March 15, 2012 10:10 am + 20 comments

A Linux-based operating system purportedly built by Anonymous launched earlier this week, with a Continue reading…
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Ubuntu for Android hands-on: a full Linux operating system when you dock your smartphone

By Jamie Keene on February 21, 2012 12:01 pm + 99 comments

Canonical is announcing its Ubuntu for Android platform today, a fusion of both Google's mobile Continue reading…
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VLC 2.0 available now, includes faster decoding and experimental Blu-ray support

By Dante D'Orazio on February 19, 2012 04:12 am + 79 comments

After beginning as an academic project back in 1996, VLC hit version 1.0 in 2009 and today it has Continue reading…